Hypocalcaemia in Bitches and its Nutritional Management Reddy P. Ravi Kanth*, Hemkumar B.1, Girinath Ch.2, Babu N.J. Srikanth3 Department of Animal Nutrition, N.T.R. College of Veterinary Science, Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University (SVVU), Gannavaram-521101 (Andhra Pradesh) 1Health Officer, Animal Care Land, SVVU, Tirupati 2Assistant Professor, Dept. of VBC, SVVU, Tirupati 3Founder, Animal Care Land, Tirupati *Ph. D. Scholar and Corresponding author. E-mail: ravi.nutrition001@gmail.com
Online published on 20 November, 2017. Abstract Fifty dogs in advanced pregnancy were surveilled for eclampsia signs and serum calcium levels. Among them eight female dogs with positive symptoms were evaluated and six were confirmed positive. The positive dogs were successfully treated with calcium borogluconate, multivitamins and phenobarbitone. Top Keywords Calcium, hypocalcaemia, malnutrition. Top |